Totalled

Totalled Salvaging the Future from the Wreckage of Capitalism

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Publisher's Synopsis

Have you ever felt totalled? This book provides a utopian vision which could replace the overbearing truth that capitalism encompasses the entirety of our lives, weaving deep into the fabric of all that it means to be human. Through industrialised warfare, surveillance and commodification, deepening crises and ecological catastrophes, capitalism threatens the total destruction of human civilisation. But in amongst this wreckage there are still functioning parts which can be salvaged through the collective force of the human imagination and the mobilisation of the masses. To do so, we must realise a different future to the apocalypticism forewarned by scientists, prescribed by economists, accommodated by politicians and made spectacle by the entertainment industry. This book asks how a utopian possibility is discernible through the power of human creation. Can it be realised when as a society we are in different ways materially, ideologically and libidinally bound to the capitalist machine of destruction?

Book information

ISBN: 9780745334370
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 226g
Height: 214mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 16mm